At 25 minutes past
ten on Apr. 8 1835 I
said I wont [sic] go with
CCC. He huffs a note
written in warmth of
gratitude- such as would
have gladdened one to receive
ceive. Still a recollection
of my doom of being misun-
derstood & the offences at
the ~~love~~ union folks (w'h [sic]
they do bear well) my being
of no consequence, induced


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me to feel the note of no
importance & not to be
seen. So you see my con-
fidence in our sympathies 
is imperfect - "And so it ought
you say. Yes I know how
little I can ~~depend~~ offer to
the sympathies of the learn
ed & [actors?] on the scene
w'h [sic] God ordains to be decor-
ated & improved. Yet I can
recollect, with the most
of earthly comfort, that my
poor weake [sic] Aunt used to
express her confidence in


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my disinterestedness when
she was going to be mar-
ried the second time &
tell her aged Suitor he had
nothing to fear from my
selling all her goods by
a deed. "Few & humble
your means of fame." True
but invaluable & I'll 
not touch to go & di-
vert your transcendental
meditations: God grant
them profitable.  MME